Adams-Welsh corrspondence, 1790-1830.

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Adams-Welsh corrspondence, 1790-1830.

1790-1830

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68460609

Correspondence of John Adams while serving as U.S. vice president in New York and Philadelphia, and John Quincy Adams, as minister to the Netherlands and Prussia, to Dr. Thomas Welsh, 1790-99. Letters discuss opinions on politics in America from John Adams and in Europe from John Quincy Adams, the French Revolution and possible war with France, family matters, and general news. Also included are letters from John Adams, Abigail Adams, and Jeremiah Bailey to Harriet Welsh, 1800-30, discussing family news and the end of the War of 1812.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7972798

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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Bailey, Jeremiah, 1773-1853

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Welsh, Thomas, 1752-1831.

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Welsh, Harriet.

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